Plasterer&#39;s brush or the like



J; T. coK

PLASTERERS BRUSH OR THE LIKE Filed Aug. 2, 1929 Nov. 4, 1930.

WH I w m g. a F w W T a J b fi ill I INVENTOR Hawk BY Z ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 4, 1930 UNITED STATES- JOHN T. 0003,01 ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA I'LASTERERS BRUSIT OR THE LIKE Application filed August 2, 11 929, s mi n. $83,136:

This invention appertains to improvements in plasterers brushes or the like, and has for its main object to provide such a brush with a handle structure which'will have a passageway extending longitudinally through the same to allow lime water sediment or the like to continually leave the brush bristles during use, thereby lengthening the useful life of a brush beyond that 1 now obtaining in ordinary forms of such brushes; the passageway also admitting of the brush head being thoroughly washed by holding the same upside down beneath a water faucet so that the water under pressure will pass through the handle and out wardly through the bristle tufts for the purpose.

Another object of the invention is to provide a brush of the class set forth wherein the bristle tufts are set in a depression formed in the brush head end of the handle,

so that the surplus lime water and sediment will collect therein and pass from the same downwardly of the passageway in the handl'e, the walls of the depression acting as a shield to guard against the spattering of the liquid over the person or clothing of the operator, either during the active use of the brush or the washing of the same.

A further object of the invention is to provide a brush structure as hereinbefore characterized, wherein the handle proper, and the brush head end thereof on which the bristle tufts are mounted, are preferably formed integrally with one another and also preferably of a moldable material.

With the foregoing and other equally important objects and advantages in view, the

invention resides in certain new and useful tufted sideof the brush head and of the handle. j"

Referring to the drawing, the embodiment of the invention, as shown therein by way ofexample, is constituted in a handle portion 10 and a brush .head portion 11 which are preferably formed of a one-piece molded material, such as celluloid or the like, and, the endportion 11 is preferably elongated in a direction at'rightangles to the handle portion 1 0 and equally at'opposite sides thereof." i

The handle 10 is formed toprovide a passageway 12 extendinglongitudinally through the same andwhich opens outwardly of the outer side face of the end portion 11 centrally thereof and of the deepest part Of.& depression 13 formed in the said facel This depression. is sloped outwardly in all directions from its point of communication with the passageway 12 and is preferably surrounded by an upstanding flange portion 14 rising from the edge portions of the portion 11. The bristle tufts '15 are embedded at their inner ends in the face of the depression '13, substantially as shown.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2,'the end of the passageway 12, at the lower or free end of the handle portion 10 is preferably flared, as at 12, in order to facilitate the engage- 'ment ofthe dischargeend ors pout of a water 7 faucet: (notshown) therein, when the brush iS'tQ be washedby the passage of water to the handle and outwardly 'of the bristle tufts '15, ashereinbefore suggested,

In the use of the brush, as thus constructed and arranged, and especially in overhead work such as is required largely of plasterers, surplus lime water and the sediment thereof will flow downwardly of the bristle tufts 15 for discharge therefrom into the depression 13 where it will flow over the sloped bottom wall of the latter to the upper end of the passageway 12 for subsequent discharge from the lower end of the handle 10 at the flared end 12 of the passageway 12. After an active operation of the brush, the passageway 12, the depression 13 and the bristle tufts 15 may be thoroughly cleansed and washed by running water or other cleansing medium through the passageway 12 from the lower flared end 12 thereof. For this purpose, and when water can be employed, the brush will be inverted and the flared end 12 of the passageway 12 engaged over the discharge spout of a faucet (not shown) so that, when the water is turned on, it Will freely flow downwardly of the passageway 12 and discharge outwardly through the bristle tufts 15. By reason of the sloping of the bottom wall of the depression 13, the water will tend to spread to all of the several bristle tufts 15 and the thorough cleansingof the latter may be facilitated by imparting a rotary movement to the brush'dur'ing thepassage of the Water through the same. v

It is to be noted that, by making the handle and brush head or end thereof in one piece, the objectionable loosening up of the brush and the bristle tufts thereof, especially when employed for the application of lime .water to the surfaces of plastered walls, is avoided, and consequently the life of the brush is greatly prolonged.

Without further description, it is thought that the, features and advantages of the .invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and it will of course be understood that changes in the form, proportion and'minor details of construction may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of the invention or its scope as claimed.

I claim: f o

1. A plasterers brush or the like comprising a handle and a head at one end of said handle, said head having a funnel-like depression in its bristle face,said handle having a drainage bore extending through the same and opening into the center of the said depression and bristles set in the inner face of the said depression.

2. A plasterers brush or the like comprising a one piece, molded handle and head, said head being of elongated form and centered in right angular relation to the said head, said head having a funnel-like depression in its bristle face, said handle having a drainage bore extending longitudinally through the same and opening in a flared manner into the center of the said depression, and bristle tufts set in the inner face of the said depression.-

' r JOHN T. COOK. 

